_Nemo_
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Second time I've tried this now with no luck.
- 1 well rinsed 2L Pepsi bottle
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups of warm-hot water to dissolve the sugar
- 4 cups of cold water : result is 6 cups luke warm sugar water
- 1 tsp baker's yeast (stored in the fridge)
- half a dozen shakes
I have a check valve in the line to prevent the tank water from siphoning back into the bottle.
I get foam at the mix's surface but no sustained CO2 after 24 hrs. It seems as if the culture just dies off after it gets started
Tap water parameters are:
pH ~ 8.0
gH ~ 3
kH ~ 2-3
In the second attempt, I used chlorine-chloramines remover in the water to no avail.
The temperature in the house goes down to 16-17 oC during the day this time of year. Could this be the problem? Do I need to insulate?
- 1 well rinsed 2L Pepsi bottle
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups of warm-hot water to dissolve the sugar
- 4 cups of cold water : result is 6 cups luke warm sugar water
- 1 tsp baker's yeast (stored in the fridge)
- half a dozen shakes
I have a check valve in the line to prevent the tank water from siphoning back into the bottle.
I get foam at the mix's surface but no sustained CO2 after 24 hrs. It seems as if the culture just dies off after it gets started
Tap water parameters are:
pH ~ 8.0
gH ~ 3
kH ~ 2-3
In the second attempt, I used chlorine-chloramines remover in the water to no avail.
The temperature in the house goes down to 16-17 oC during the day this time of year. Could this be the problem? Do I need to insulate?